To all whom it may concern



EDWIN S. FISHER,` OFf BOSTON, MASASACHUSET'IS.l Letten Patent No. 71,376, dated November 26, 1861;

IMPROVEMENT IN DIVI'DBIIS.

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v Be it known that I, E. S. FISHER, of Boston, in thev county of Su'olk, and StateofiMassachusetts, have ,I invented afnew and Improv-ed Tool, and. that the following description, taken in` connection Withthe accomu i i panying drawings, hereinafter referred to, forms a full and exact specifica-tion ofthe same, wherein I have Set 1 1 "i" i forth the nature and principles of my said improvements, by. which my invention may be distinguished from'all i others of a similar class, together with such parts as I claim, and desire to have secured to melby Letters Patent.

VThe present invention consists in so constructing a pair of dividers, such as are used for spacing off work 1 upon metaLthat it can be also used as a punch Ato prick and thus mark thefsame atronetime, whereby much f i laborandtime are economized. In the accompanying plate of drawings Amy improvedY tool is illustrated-- i Figure 1 being a side view of the same, with the legs opened, :ind A l Figure 2a section taken in the plane of the line :I: z, fig. 1.Y A

A and B, in the drawings, represent thetwo legs to the dividers or improved tool embraced by this applii i cation, the one leg, A, being longer than the other, B, with the latter pivoted or hngedltoits side. Bothlegs, A and B, are pointed at their outer ends, and to the large leg, A, is secured a curved and arc-shapedarm; C, on which the smaller leg, B, moves, and is set by means of a set or thumb-screw, `D, suitablyy applied-therefor, i atV any pointioi its length, according to the width of opening desired between the two legs at their pointed ends. Theextension portion, E, of the larger leg A, to the dividers, is made of suitable shape `for being struck with a. hammer, and thus cause its pointed end to punchthe metal' sheet, as by the dividers it is spaced or dividedog""""""" Having thus described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters'atent-,fi i The dividers, constructed as described, consisting of the `leg A, having `the arc-.shaped arm C, andthe small hinged leg D, when the leg A is adapted to form a punch to be struck4` by a hammer, as'fherein shown i 'and described. I i

'IIL I EDWIN i s. FISHER.` 

